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The white noise bacchanal of swinging London having an affair with the rhythmic visceralness and "colors" of black R'n'B: the virtually perfect result could be this "The Rolling Stones Now." This is a collection, dating back to '65 and destined for the overseas market, as was common for the period. The fact is negative because this, of the two, is undoubtedly the juiciest and most interesting.
Just look at the black and white cover, those very unpolished gentlemen who - it seems certain - are about to play with fire. Now! - and it’s rhythm, color, abrasive visceralness, and outrageous dance of the most instinctive humanity on the labels, on the uselessness of composure and good manners in virile spiritual expression; music made for the sexual organs, but also infecting reason, which will not delay in gladly throwing in the towel... Now! - is immediate, is fast, but it is also a mirror on the soul, dirty in all its ineffable depth, of these immortal (in every sense) legends of that music which is substance above all.
The classics are reprised, shamelessly mixed with the tracks of the Jagger/Richard duo, under the supervision and refined contribution of Brian Jones in the arrangements. "down home girl" "heart of stone" are songs at the same time useless (for a merely continuous discourse) and indispensable, in which each contains the premises of the next, for what is somewhat the wonder of the golden era of the Rolling Stones.
The group, in fact, takes up the legacy of Chuck Berry ("you can't catch me") Willie Dixon ("little red rooster") and that world of uninhibitedness that so frightened the do-gooders, the revenge of the blues rock dressed in white. A dangerous mix of subversive energy and accessibility at every level, not seen today anymore. Richard's dirty and dusty riffs, the visceral percussion of that monster Watts, Jagger's scratchy screams. There is everything one could ask of them, with the suspicion that it is Rock itself (in its dazzling and sinful form) playing them, not the other way around. Such brazen determination and such cohesion are not felt in such quantities for a group so young, as the Stones were in that period. And the smell of tobacco, parquet, and adrenaline gushes copiously from the grooves, unstoppable.
It's impossible to keep your foot still (try it), here there's rhythm, here there's the beginning and the end of everything (even reminiscences of bacchanal guitarism common to many experimental ensembles). A pearl of anachronistic beauty, crowning the first phase of the group with a feverish demonstration of vitality.
And above all, now that the sacred fire of Rock n’ Roll no longer likes to give itself as it once did, why not enjoy the fruit of its most intense and enduring love affair?
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (03:01)
(Russell/Burke/Wexler)
Spoken:
I'm so glad to be here tonight and I'm so glad to be home
And I believe I've got a message for every woman and
Every man here tonight that ever needed somebody to love
Someone to stay with them all the time, when they're
Up and when they're down. You know, sometimes you get what you want
And then you go and lose what you have
And I believe every woman and every man here tonight listen to my song
And it save the whole world
Listen to me
Everybody wants somebody
Everybody wants somebody to love
Someone to love
Someone to kiss
Sometime to miss, now
Someone to squeeze
Someone to please
And I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
Oh, sometimes I feel like
I feel a little sad inside
My baby mistreats me
And I kinda get a little little mad
I need you you you
To see me through, babe
When the sun go down
Ain't nobody else around
That's when I need you baby
That's when I say I love you
That's when I say I love you
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
I need you you you you
Somebody to see me through, baby
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
When the sun goes down
Ain't nobody else around
That's when I'm all by myself
That's when I need your lovin' darlin'
That's when I need you so bad
You're the one I really need bad (???)
I need you
To see me through baby
In the morning time too
When the sun goes down
Ain't nobody else around
I need your lovin' so bad
Everybody needs somebody to love
I'm not afraid to be by myself but I just need to be somebody to love
All the time
All the time
All the time
All the time
All the time, babe
I said all the time, babe
I said all the time, babe
I need you
I need your lovin' so bad
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Uh, huh, huh, huh
Uh huh, huh huh huh
Yeah, I need you baby so bad bad bad, bad bad, bad bad bad bad
I need you
I need you you you
I need your lovin' babe
I need your lovin' darlin'
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Yeah, yeah yeah
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody else
You gotta need too, baby
See you through
Gotta be two to see it thru
(Repeat and ad lib)
03 You Can't Catch Me (03:40)
(C. Berry)
I bought a brand new airmobile
It was custom made
It was a Flight DeVille
With an outboard motor
And some hideaway wings
Push in on the button and you can hear her sing
Now you can't catch me
No, baby, you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close
You know I'm gone like a cool breeze
New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours
I was rolling slowly 'cause of drizzlin' showers
Up come a flattop he was movin' up with me
Then come sailin' goodbye
In a little old suped up jitney
I put my foot in my tank and I begin to roll
Moanin' sirens, was the state patrol
So I get out my wings and then I blew my horn
Bye-bye New Jersey I become airborne
Now you can't catch me
No, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close
You know I'm gone like a cool breeze
Flyin' with my baby last Saturday night
Wasn't no gray cloud floatin' in sight
Big full moon shinin' up above
Cuddle up honey be my love
Sweetest little thing that I ever seen
I'm gonna name you Mabelline
Flyin' with all the things set on flight control
Radio tuned to rock 'n' roll
Two, three hours passin' by
Altitude dropped to 505
Fuel consumption way too fast
Let's get on home before we run out of gas
Now you can't catch me
No baby, you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close
You know I'm gone like a cool breeze
04 Heart of Stone (02:52)
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
There've been so many girls that I've known
I've made so many cry and still I wonder why
Here comes the little girl
I see her walking down the street
She's all by herself
I try and knock her off her feet
But, she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone
Oh, no, no, this heart of stone
What's different about her? I don't really know
No matter how I try I just can't make her cry
'Cause she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone
Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone
Don't keep on looking that some old way
If you try acting sad, you'll only make me glad
Better listen little girl
You go on walking down the street
I ain't got no love, I ain't the kind to meet
'Cause you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone
Oh, no, no, you'll never break this heart of stone darlin'
No, no, this heart of stone
You'll never break it darlin'
You won't break this heart of stone
Oh no no no
You better go
You better go home
'Cause you'll, you'll never break this heart of stone
05 What a Shame (03:09)
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
What a shame
Nothing seems to be going right
What a shame
Nothing seems to be going right
It seems easy to me that everything can be alright
What a shame
They always wanna start a fight
What a shame
They always wanna start a fight
Well it scares me so
I could sleep in the shelter all night
Well alright
What a shame
You all heard what I said
What a shame
Y'all heard what I said
You might wake up in the morning
And find your poor self dead
12 Surprise, Surprise (02:30)
Heard from friends of mine
You been telling lies
How I was wrapped up in you
But surprise, surprise
Surprise, surprise
I never wanted you that bad
'Cause I knew you was telling lies
Knew you was telling lies
I could see it in your eyes
Why did you have to
Go and fool after
We had got along so fine
But surprise, suprise
Surprise, surprise
Ain't nothing strange to me
Knew you was telling lies
Knew you was telling lies
I could see it in your eyes
Knew you was telling lies
Knew you was telling lies
I could see it in your eyes
I hope you're proud of
All your chasin' 'round
Thinkin' I was alone all night
But surprise, suprise
Surprise, surprise
You're only foolin' yourself
'Cause I knew you was telling lies
Knew you was telling lies
I could see it in your eyes
Yeah, baby why did you have to go fool around
After we got along so fine
I knew you was tellin' lies and tellin' jive
Yes I did
We got along so fine
But I knew you was telling lies
Knew you was talkin' jive
I could see it in your eyes
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